The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-10
A VERY QUIET DAY.
The President and his Wife Re-
main In. Doors.
The weather Toe Threatening 10
Athens church, hey. &c 10
NJ. Paul Today.

hlhDlepri VIM WI"
Pfesid mt and Mrs. Cleveland have re-
manned in THAR quarters at the Villas
mansion oil day, resting In prepara-
ton for the iatigues Of another week
Of j~ourneying. II was expected that
they would 20 to church this morning,
and the Villas pew In .he Episcopal
church was reserved for them, but the
heavy, threatening sky, and the raw,
chilly wind, fresh laden with spray
from the lakes, the mud in the un.
paved streets and the falling leaves
from every tree top, we're forbidding,
while the CRATE fires In their par OTIS
were worry tempting. They have seen
no one except their fellow travellers
and the members OF the Villas family,
including the mother and brothers OF
the Postmaster General, who were in
vitsd TO a family dinner with the
President aud Mrs Cleveland at 4
o'clock. They could not have been
freer from interruption at the White
House or at Red Top than In Madison.
| A little group Of q dozen or more in.
| diyiduals have been seen nearly all
| day In front OF the mansion, waiting
a possible glimpse OF them,
but the town people for the most
part have respected their wish
to be left in quiet. Phe house is we'll
situated for tine purposes OF Beclusion
and rest, stands vel back from the
street, being surrounded by an
ample stretch OF green sward, clean
shaver and well shaded. The etruct.
ure Itself, though not a %pretentious
OF o, ia q good specimen OF tho villa OF
a dozen or fifteen years ago, square
shouldered and wide : spreading,
though rendered light and agreeable
In outer appearance by verandas, bay
windows and a conseTv atoTy oil
flowers. Toe town OF Madison Is a
phenomenon In It's way. II lie, per.
haps, the only place in oil the broad
west where inhabitants admit that
businets is not blooming" and that
things are quiet. Is quietude 10 not
that Of s%tagnation by any meane, but
of rest and competency. IL 10 the
home of a class OF well.to.do, conserv.
alive people, who fud among these
low, rolling hills and beautiful fresh
water lakes a choice retreat ffom The
stir and bustle oil the larger western
centers, and who would not have q
"boom" II they could. In fact,
there is not room for much
growth, for lakes hem the place
In north and south, their shores being
hardly q mile apart. Its 5000 or
$4,000 inhabitants spread themselves
oyer "a much area a. three TIMES their
number would require In a New Fog.
land town, bat they are indispoeed
for the most part to build closer to.
eether, and would fud themselves
crowded IL required TO do 90. IL IL a
beautiful spot, its streams opening
yistas between shade trees down 10
and across the cool blue waters to the
purple and yellow ridges beyond,
miles asay. II shows little other
reseun for CIisteuce than the fact
tha. II IL the state capital and
the location Of the State uni.
vsrsi,y. II might be q popular
Sumner reeoTt Tor IL twin lakes,
Mendoza and Monons, have bssuty
spots upon every knoll and Pre- 'ction,
aud the younger generation are be-
coming restless and whispering about
organ ration" for the purpose OF Sc
Gazing change. Bu, the time has
not ye, come. Gray squirre.s, bis
fellows hall - large ~ cats and iully
as tame, play sbJut the streets and
even In the houses, and no ufehir
or dos In all the place n
60 lOst 10 o Of TOE
prosrieiies Of lie o. 10 disturb them
Win ell this there Is nothing pfosy
or commonplace about Madison. ~
state cspito occupying TIE middle q
. large open quare xhien iorns . 10
Gus 20 its syst. m Of streets, % credits
sble structure 10 tise and -arebitecturs
and IL u~niversity Doildibss are com
nabding in iorm and siiusiion. II
ir hsbrtabts are up Win the times u
eli that nsEss prggr' sivs cit Esns arl
rood i,llors No approved "nodsrl
Improvement long waits . msffs
here, aud uhstsvsr contnbutsa :
ms.s city life eomiortsois 10 70 b
iouud IL its hotels, stores and drsl
inn. L. hospitality 10 bundles, an
n here les bsnssth ia dssirs 70 ~
VERNE anything, o must renal
bongsr han the presidential parry IA
bees here n discover the fact. Wit
he f~ubsidenoe Of La, Fridays ebull
ton, sfsirs assumed thsir every "a
sspsct, sad there L. . promise that N
Waters snail depart tomorrou morI
iBE sTth0u more q a demonstrate
/, than sould be sooordsd 10 soy oth'
houorsd Epsst
TIE sDecsl rain caves ., . o'clOc
Tor - Poo. A e~JEoessiOl bss De
made 10 Ia Cro.ss. II vhicb pint N
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